In this, the second story in the Daughters of Swefling series, Swefling Ales Martin relates the events of her life against a backdrop of the developing colony of Virginia. In her youth she learnt much as a captive and then a welcome friend of the Powhatan native peoples. As an adult she lived through the trials and tribulations of being a female in the oft times zealous society of men, to become an honest, strong and nurturing woman.